pusillanimous
英 [,pju?s?'l?n?m?s]
美[,pjus?'l?n?m?s]
- adj. 膽怯的；懦弱的；優(yōu)柔寡斷的
GRE
助記提示
pusillanimous-----"怕"see?animals-------膽小的
中文詞源
pusillanimous 膽怯的
來自拉丁語pusillis,非常弱小的，瘦弱的，來自pullus的不規(guī)則小詞形式，詞源同pullet,foal.-anim,呼吸，勇氣，詞源同animal.引申詞義膽怯的。
英文詞源
- pusillanimous
- pusillanimous: [16] Pusillanimous means etymologically ‘tiny-spirited’. It comes from late Latin pūsillanimis, a compound adjective formed from pūsillus ‘very small or weak’ (a descendant of the same base as produced Latin puer ‘child, boy’, source of English puerile) and animus ‘mind, spirit’ (source of English animate).
=> animal, animate, puerile - pusillanimous (adj.)
- early 15c., from Late Latin pusillanimis "having little courage" (used in Church Latin to translate Greek oligopsychos "small-souled"), from Latin pusillis "very weak, little" (diminutive of pullus "young animal;" see foal (n.)) + animus "spirit, courage" (see animus). Related: Pusillanimously; pusillanimousness.
雙語例句
- 1. The authorities have been too pusillanimous in merely condemning the violence.
- 當局對暴行只是進行了譴責，真是太膽小怕事了。
來自辭典例句
- 2. The pusillanimous man would not defend his own family.
- 軟弱無力的人不會保衛(wèi)他自己的家.
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
- 3. And those old favorites, your friends and mine: sycophantic , phlegmatic , and, of course, top of the bill - pusillanimous.
- 而那些過去最受寵的人 —— 你我共同的朋友們,其中有拍馬屁的, 冷漠的: 當然, 最招人注意的還有那些膽小怕事的.
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)